Critical reading from the Blue book. pg.83, pg.88

<p>Sentence completion</p>

<p>pg 88 #1</p>

<p>Investigation of the epidiemic involved determing what was ____ about the people who were affected, what made them differ from those who remained well.</p>

<p>A.)chronic
B.)unique
C.)fortunate
D.)misunderstood
E.)historical</p>

<p>I chose A, chronic. Answer is B, and I don't get how unique would fit in that sentence. Can anyone please explain how you would approach and figure out this problem?</p>

<p>Passage section.</p>

<p>pg 83 #21.</p>

<p>In lines 33-34, the phrase i'm destined to know intimately" implies that the author..</p>

<p>Here's line 33-34.
"It is a feeling whose shades and degrees I'm destined to know intimately, but at this hovering moment, it comes upon me like a visitation from a whole new geography of emotions, aan annunciation of how much an absence can hurt."</p>

<p>A.) can not escape the path her father has chosen for the family
B.) believes that the future will bring many new emotional experiences.
C.)willl be deeply affected by the experience of emigrating.
D.)must carefully analyze her conflicting emotional reactions.
E.)has too much to learn about the experiences of emigrating.</p>

<p>I'm not really seeing how answer choice C is the right anwer. From what section of the sentence or in the passage can you imply that the author will be deeply affected by the experience of emigrating? Why is it C? and why not all the other choices?</p>

<p>pg 82 #20
By describing her feelings has having "shades and degrees(line33), the author suggests that(same sentence as above)</p>

<p>A.)she is allowing herself to grieve only a little at a time
B.)she is numb to the pain of her grief
C.)she is overwhelmed by her emotions
D.)Her sadness is greatest at night
E.)her emotinal state is multifaceted.</p>

<p>I chose answer choice C, but apparently it's E. I'm don't understand how her emotinal state is multifaceted. There's nothing that I can find in the sentence that suggests that it's multifaceted. Are there any key words that I'm missing/overseeing?</p>

<p>For the first one: The idea of the sentence was to find out what made the affected people different from the nonaffected people. Unique is 100% the correct answer here. </p>

<p>I don’t really want to read passages right now so I’ll either get to them later or someone else can do it.</p>

<p>Sorry but Unique is 100% “it” !!! I came up with that word as I was reading the sentence (before even looking at answers).</p>

<p>Unique:
–adjective 1. existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript.
2. having no like or equal; unparalleled; incomparable: Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint.
3. limited in occurrence to a given class, situation, or area: a species unique to Australia.
4. limited to a single outcome or result; without alternative possibilities: Certain types of problems have unique solutions.
5. not typical; unusual: She has a very unique smile.</p>

<p>Chronic:</p>

<ol>
<li> constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar. </li>
<li> continuing a long time or recurring frequently: a chronic state of civil war. </li>
<li> having long had a disease, habit, weakness, or the like: a chronic invalid. </li>
<li> (of a disease) having long duration</li>
</ol>

<p>You have to know what the words mean. Chronic just has no correlation with the rest of the sentence.</p>